cloud cover on this monday, november 26th. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you and thanks for joining us. 5:00 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. this morning the search for a new brief in san jose is about to hit second gear. the first of four community meetings gets under way today where city leaders hope to get feedback from local neighborhoods on what they want in a new chief. damian trujillo is live at the berryessa community center where the first of the meetings will be held tonight. damian, good morning. you're already hearing about some possible candidates for the job? >> reporter: yeah, we hear about a couple of people who might be interested in applying for the police chief position. i'm give you those names in just a bit. this meeting tonight is at 6:30. no one is denying that fixing this ship or righting this ship is going to be an easy task. the new chief will have to deal with lower morale and a dwindling budget, so it will be a tough task.

a few months ago chris moore announced he'd be retiring by january 31st. he leaves a department that is nowhere near the staffing levels he feels are needed to keep the city and his officers safe. the new chief will have to come in and play a political card game basically, working with the city manager and the mayor on the police budget. but he or she will also have to assure the rank and file that he has their backs. tonight's meeting at the berryessa community center will last an hour and a half. that's followed by a meeting on wednesday night at the camden community center and it ends on december 10th at the southside community center. now, in a recent debate on nbc bay area, both the police union and the mayor admit it will be hard to find a replacement, given all the turmoil. >> coming in, you're going to have a very difficult battle on trying to get this thing steered straight. >> that's a tough sell to bring in a qualified police chief to lead this major metropolis. what's going to be your sales

pitch? >> it's always tough to find a new police chief. >> reporter: now, two names that have surfaced as possible candidates are jerry dyer. he's the police chief in fresno. he retired last year only to be lierd back by city leaders. another name is a sacramento police chief rick braziel. he retires at the end of the year and also had to lay off 150 officers. whichever candidate applies, if both do, they'll have a tough task here in san jose. live at the berryessa community center, i'm damian trujillo. new this morning, a crash on 880 in san jose has sent at least one person to the hospital. several ambulances and fire trucks responded to the scene of the crash, which it appears involves a few cars. traffic was tied up southbound behind the crash at brokaw avenue all the way to montague expressway in san jose. so far the chp is not commenting on what caused it. investigators are trying to

find the person who hit and killed a woman on highway 101 in south san francisco. the woman was hit sunday night while walking northbound on the highway right near oyster point boulevard. police say she was hit by several other cars causing even more injuries. the accident shut down northbound 101 for hours. there's no car description at this time. it is not clear why the woman was walking on the highway in the first place. oakland police are looking for the gunman who killed two women sunday morning. that shooting happened around 6:00 near the corner of minna avnd brookdale avenue. oakland police have dealt with 115 homicides this year alone, five more than in all of 2011. a san jose man wanted for murder was nabbed during a black friday shopping trip. 18-year-old jacob hero is expected in court this week. he was spotted at walmart in morgan hill on friday by an off duty probation officer.

the officer called morgan hill police who surrounded the building and arrested him without any trouble. he is wanted for murder and attempted murder in san jose. a san francisco deputy accused of ronning a bank is expected to enter a plea today of the police say these surveillance pictures and fingerprints led them to deputy philip tong. he's accused of robbing a bank on balboa street on november 7th. he handed the teller a note demanding money and the teller handed over $1700 in cash. the seven-year veteran is on unpaid leave. he recently filed for bankruptcy. los altos police are showing off just how much a pair of burglars stole before they were caught. investigators got thousands of electronics and jewelry that were stuffed inside bags. police spotted the pair casing a los altos neighborhood. much of the property has been linked to its owners. the suspects had burglarized two

dozen homes across the bay area as far back as june. hockey fans beginning to wonder whether the sharks will have a season this year. games are now cancelled through december 14th. the lockout isn't just hurting the fan bus local businesses that are losing out on people who eat out before the game. one of the downtown businesses starting to feel that pinch. >> right now the night that the games would be scheduled, tuesdays or thursdays, our business is down at least 50%. it's a huge impact for us. a lot of our servers and bartenders aren't making the kind of money they're used to be making. we miss the fun that comes with hockey. >> contract negotiations broke off early last week. so far there are no new meetings scheduled. 5:06. right now thick layers of fog are smothering roadways across the bay area. bob redell is live at the bay bridge with a look at just how foggy the -- or how much fog is affecting the morning commute. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. it's not the densest we've seen

but it's certainly thick out there so this can certainly affect your commute in the north bay, san francisco, the upper peninsula and here in oakland. now, as a result the national weather service has issued dense fog advisories for five of the bay area bridges. you can see the bay bridge toll plaza right now is one that's getting socked in pretty good, especially as you go up the incline it's worse. so is the golden gate bridge, you can see in this live cam. you can't see the bridge's towers. the visibility there is being measured in car-lengths. the richmond-san rafael, benicia and san rafael are under advisories as well. according to our team of meteorologists, this could take some time to burn off. two reasons, there's not much wind and you've got the late autumn sun which is at such a low angle it's not producing much heat. hence the fog could linger for much if not all of the morning commute. if your commute involves an airplane this morning, it's not clear yet whether this will cause delays at oakland international or sfo, it's too early to tell.

the fog did cause problems for travelers yesterday at sfo with delays of up to an hour and a half. this is between 8:00 and 3:00 yesterday afternoon. >> the flight was cancelled -- not cancelled, but significantly delayed. and unfortunately we had a connecting flight. the only option we have now is to move to a flight tomorrow. >> reporter: i spoke this morning with sfo and oakland international, the people who are running their overnight desks there. they say they won't know until 6:30 or 7:00, depending on what the faa says, on whether or not there will be any delays this morning. both do have fog there but they're not socked in, so to speak. when you're out there on the roads, remember to slow down, use your low head beams. you don't want to have the high headlights because that will cause blindness up against the fog and make sure your brake lights work. those are key, especially out here when you have a lot of people in front of you.

reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." we want to check in with meteorologist christina loren. she's joining us right now. got a look at that fog. when is it expected to lift? >> i don't think it's going to be out of here entirely until potentially 1:00 p.m. over parts of bay area. you can see why. this is the bay bridge toll plaza itself and you can see we've got really thick pockets kind of drifting around, so this is not too far from where bob is actually situated and visibility is reduced even more so. up and down the peninsula is where it's the thickest. right now san mateo, you have areas where you have zero visibility so you want to take it easy. also the northern peninsula, san francisco, you have hundreds of feet of visibility. it goes all the way through novato. then we're looking okay from san jose to livermore. ten miles or better for now. we too will drop off as we get closer to sunrise. at 6:45 the fog will be at its most widespread and then we'll start to see clearing at 8:00 a.m. not everywhere. also we'll still have that fog creeping in from the delta, the

tule fog is really thick this morning. if you're headed to southern california, maybe you're trying to travel back home, you have family trying to do so, maybe sure that they're aware of the very dense fog out there. pea soup fog this morning. 67 degrees in livermore today, 66 in santa teresa and 66 degrees in san jose. so even with the limited sunshine coming in to start, we're still going to see a nice, sunny finish and temperatures will be warmer than any other day this week. as of late tuesday into wednesday the rain arrives and the showers are coming up from the south. 5:09. first, mike is all over your drive this morning. he knows it's going to be a rough one. >> correction. fog is all over your drive. i'm all over the fog all over your drive. we're looking to the san mateo bridge. we just saw half the flat section about ten minutes ago, now the fog has crept all the way over to the hayward side and the toll plaza very difficult to see. so you're going to lower the speeds. the bridge itself is moving smoothly, but, you know, you don't have much warning as far as visible cues so that's why we

encourage folks to lower those speeds. the map is not showing wet conditions but you might need windshield wipers because of that heavy mist. very, very tough to see. 280 and especially highway 1 along the coast. slick conditions where it's highlighted with orange where you have wet roadways and that continues all the way into and through san francisco. golden gate bridge and bay bridge as bob listed having warnings from chp. coming into the north bay we also have very dense fog. tough to see over that richmond-san rafael bridge. visibility is an issue as well as slicker conditions. and even to the north bay, especially through the north bay, i should say, heading over towards vacaville, very, very dense patches of fog. if you're heading toward the central valley, keep that in mind. the tule fog will be an issue and allow a lot of extra time. if it gets extra bad, pull over and take a break. >> watch how you're driving out

there. thank you very much, mike. it's 5:11. san jose has a little more holiday spirit this morning. we've got a live look at downtown. at least it's clear there. it's dark now but christmas in the park full swing. >> 3, 2, 1. light it up! >> and there is goes. yes, the countdown was on. the tree was lit on friday and there to make sure everything went smoothly, our own marla tellez. kristi yamaguchi was out there as well. she emceed the event. christmas in the park is now open but it closes on january 1st. always a nice event out there. >> yeah, we didn't get a shot of santa, though. our santa was pretty good. >> the santa. >> yes, the santa. 5:12. coming up, cyber monday seems like a great time to log on and shop but watch out at work. we'll tell you how many employers are giving workers the

boot for shopping online. if you can shop online, we'll show you some of the deals to be found out there, including half off some televisions coming up in business news.

welcome back. it's 5:14. thanksgiving may be over, but that's not stopping people from stuffing themselves with deals. according to the national retail federation, more than half of all workers will be shopping online during cyber monday. most web outlets are offering special promotions, discounts and free shopping only for today. now, this may all seem tempting, but keep in time career builder reports a quarter of employers have actually fired workers for using the internet on non-work related activity. >> scott mcgrew joins us now.

scott, cyber monday is really an old-fashioned term now. >> it really is. it dates back to the early 2000s. so the first day back to work after black friday became the biggest day of online shopping. these days, of course, you can buy something on your phone while waiting for a bus. that said, as you point out or as marla pointed out, half of all workers are expected to shop on the job today. so here's another interesting statistic for you. a blogger points out people are using their ipads to shop like never before. when it comes to tablets, ipads account for 80% of all online shopping. one of the most popular things to buy is the ipad. the bottom line here is this holiday, we are using our ipads to buy people ipads. wall street keeping an eye on the numbers as well. let's turn to kayla at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, kayla. >> reporter: good morning, guys. we do have futures that are

slightly lower after the markets come off their best week since early june. much of that optimism was over the strength of retail sales and black friday, but investors will be keeping an eye on the geopolitical tensions in the middle east and ongoing fiscal cliff talks in washington. we get economic reports this week on durable goods, consumer confidence and new and pending home sales. the dow jumping 172 points to 13,009. the nasdaq up to 2966. that black friday rally not looking like it's sustained just yet. back to you. some of the cyber monday deals we're looking at, particularly amazon, marla and laura, half off some of those really big televisions. we talked about ipads. television the other one really that is selling well this holiday season. >> good to know. >> i'll get my wall ready for it. hope you pick my name. take a look at the fog out there this morning. yeah, we're going to have a lot of low visibility. christina really tracking it all for us this morning. and you say it's going to stick

around for some time? >> yeah, it certainly is. this is the kind of fog that takes hours to burn off. just like yesterday, if you were up before about 10:00 a.m., likely you saw that fog. this morning we do have some deep pockets swirling around. san mateo, you just saw from that live picture of the san mateo bridge looking rather clear compared to the zero visibility that our map is reporting. but i can tell you fog does not stay stationary, it moves around. livermore and san jose, we're still at ten miles or better, but once you hit the highway and make your way up the peninsula in particular, you're going to run out of that visibility so give yourself extra time this morning, travel cautiously. it's always a good idea to leave a good space cushion between you and the car ahead of you. it's a good idea to follow those lights ahead of you because typically that's a good way to get to where you're going, follow a local. 8:00 a.m. and you can see here still mostly cloudy. looks like that cloud cover is going to continue to drift in from the central valley as we head throughout the day today, so the thickest fog, the fastest clearing will be down in san

jose. the thickest fog is going to be up in the north bay. now, we stop the clock at 1:00 p.m. mostly clear conditions at that point. as we head throughout tonight, another round of fog develops. it won't be quite as thick tomorrow morning but enough to slow your commute so plan on that. on wednesday the rain moves in. 67 degrees. becoming sunny by 1:00 p.m. in livermore. fairfield, you'll probably have to wait until 3:00 p.m. because of your location in relation to the delta. 65 in concord, 64 in oakland 66 in san francisco. san francisco is going to see the sun before places like fairfield do today. look at what's headed our way throughout wednesday morning. starting at about 4:00 a.m., heavy rain moves in and we'll continue that pattern until about 1:00 p.m. wednesday. showers start to light up and then another system arrives on its heels thursday into friday. so we're talking about a pretty wet week. just keep in mind that thick fog will be a factor all the way throughout the morning and temperatures as a result will stay cool until about 11:00,

12:00. once we start to see some sunshine, we will warm up into the 60s and this will be one of the warmest days of the week. 67 degrees today, 66 by tuesday. we're not going to drop off a lot in terms of your temperatures, but that rain is coming in from the south and we're talking about a lot of rain wednesday. a little bit of a break on thursday. on and off showers. then friday heavy rain returns. saturday into sunday still dealing with that wet pattern. i think sunday you might be able to get outdoors and get that christmas tree if you haven't just yet. 5:19, i'm talking to you laura garcia-cann garcia-cannon. >> we're talking about very low visibility, registering zero in san mateo. this coming off foster city. this is west 92 heading toward the san mateo area. there's a big box store, many multi packs sold there. yeah, something co over there across the freeway very tough to see. coming up the peninsula, north 101 disappears just past willow

and into the fog. that dense fog continues to creep over to the peninsula. our maps will show you with the orange highlighting where it's thick enough and has been there long enough to cause mist and drizzle situations where you're going to have some wetter roadways. mostly 280 but also coming over toward 101 and into the south bay now, the northbound routes are still moving very smoothly coming out of san jose, morgan hill, gilroy. you might find some patches, not likely over 17 but we'll watch as those conditions change. we're still doing okay through the east bay. no problems and no fog advisor advisori advisories. and in the north bay you have 780 at interstate 80, we do have an accident in the interchange. orange means we do have some dense fog. bay bridge, wanted to get a quick look at the toll plaza where bob redell continues to report this morning and there is more headlights coming through the area and very thick fog making it tough to see. that's why you lower your speeds across the bay area bridges. just be careful out there, guys. back to you. >> thank you very much, might be. 5:21. happening now, thousands of

people are demonstrating in tahrir square in egypt this morning. they are calling for a new president to step down after he tried to seize sweeping powers in the country. well, it appears calm for now. protesters clashed with riot police over the weekend. a number of people have at least two -- we understand at least two people have been killed, hundreds injured. we'll of course continue to follow this story and update when more information comes in. 5:21 now. still ahead, big bird is not allowed. see why it's about to become hunting season at one bay area airport. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- ♪

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out there. a lot goes on behind the scenes. we thank them very much. it's 5:24. this week workers at san jose mineta international airport getting more ammunition to deal with birds at the airport. the airport has logged 180 bird strikes since 2009, so the faa cleared shot guns as part of the hazards management plan. the guns will fire blanks to square the flocks away but they can use real bullets if necessary. currently only police and the military can fire guns at the san jose airport so the city council will have to approve the change. san francisco and oakland airports already use guns to clear runways. wine country is turning into olive country. sonoma olive growers get ready for a big harvest. the season is december through february in the region. it will kick off later with a blessing of the olives in downtown sonoma. growers say this year's harvest of california olives is expected

to be two and a half times the size of last year. sonoma county has the largest number of olives, oil producers in the state, with the industry becoming more important as it blends with existing food and wine tourism. time to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. clear as a bell in some parts of the bay but very fog knee others. >> yes, and likely on your drive you'll encounter deep pockets of fog, especially if you're headed up or down the peninsula this morning. that's where the fog is the most severe at this point. we are expecting numbers to continuously drop off. fairfield is down to zero miles visibility so that means you have basically 50 feet of visibility in parts of fairfield. the same goes for san mateo. you've got a couple hundred feet of visibility, not much better in novato and san francisco. a quarter of a mile in santa rosa at this point. we're expecting that fog to continue to spread. it will drop off here in san jose and livermore, it's just a matter of time. give yourself plenty of time and travel cautiously out there.

sunnily finish to the day once we burn off that fog. 67 in livermore, 66 in san jose and 66 in san francisco. we are all over the fog, though, this morning. we're going to show you where it's at. bob redell is out live. 5:26. let's check on someone else who's watching your foggy commute. mike inouye. >> good morning, good morning. welcome back to the workweek. the bay bridge, we have worse fog now. it's a little tough tore see and more cars. that combination will make for a tough commute potentially if there are any problems. no accidents reported here or around the maze. you see the orange highlighted on the maps. that's the possibility for wet roads and slick conditions. east shore freeway moves smoothly, but that fog advisy for the bay bridge, the golden gate bridge and the richmond-san rafael bridge, just be careful crossing the water, folks. back to you. it's 5:27. san jose looking for a new top cop this morning. we'll have a exclusive look at two people who may want the job.

new this morning, lucky to be alive. a piece of plastic saves a family of 11 just moments away from death. how they managed to escape a silent killer before it was too late. >> reporter: and look what rolled in overnight just in time for your lovely monday morning commute. i'm bob redell. we'll tell you about the dense fog advisories in effect for parts of the bay area. that story coming up. >> the last thing you want after a four-day weekend, but we've got really thick fog. it's widespread and will likely interrupt your smooth commute this morning. we'll tell you when it's expected to clear your city and when the rain arrives in your full forecast. >> we found a clear patch here at palo alto. i have a new accident involving a motorcycle. we'll show you where that is. >> i'll take you a little further south this morning. a live look outside in san jose. it's monday, november 26th. this is "today in the bay."

good morning to you. it is 5:30. i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. a foggy start across much of the bay area this morning. time to check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> yeah, dangerous driving conditions this morning. we want to start with a live picture of san jose, and you can see here we have those clouds kind of layering up, but you still have good visibility, ten miles or better here. much different scenario when it comes to the bay bridge toll plaza. let's go ahead and show you your reduced visibility this morning. you can't see anything more than 50 feet ahead of you this morning. so you really want to take it easy. you can see people out there driving slowly. you want to remember don't use your high beams, that's a natural reaction. you want more light but that actually makes the situation worse and reduces the visibility even more so. keep that in mind this morning. san mateo, you have areas you can only see 50 feet or less. same goes for fairfield this morning and we are going to continue to drop off as we head

throughout the morning hours. just make sure you're ready for it. always a good idea to eliminate the distractions as well. roll down the windows so you can hear what's going on around you if you're not able to see very clearly. by 8:00 a.m., still dealing with a little bit of fog. by 1:00 p.m. we'll see a nice finish. first, our own bob redell is live at the bay bridge toll plaza this morning. bob, are you noticing the fog is drifting around, it gets better, then it gets worse when it comes to your visibility out there? >> reporter: it's definitely getting a little thicker out here at the bay bridge toll plaza. good morning to you, christina. we didn't notice until we started hitting oakland until we were heading northbound on 880 and that's where it really socks in. that's why you've got these dense fog advisories for five of the main brings here in the bay area. the of course the bay bridge is one of them. the golden gate bridge, you want to take a live look at that cam, from that camera. you can't even see the towers which is something you can see obviously on a clear day. all you see are the headlights. of course the visibility there being measured in car-lengths.

it does look like from the last time i looked at it maybe it's lifting a little bit but that's the difference between really dense and just dense. the other bridges that are affected with this advisory right now are the richmond-san rafael, benicia-martinez and san mateo bridge. you're looking at the north bay, upper peninsula, san francisco and here where we're really affected. according to christina and her c colleagues in the weather department, this could take some time to burn off. also you've got the low angle of the sun which is not producing as much heat so it could be lingering well into the morning commute. as you look at the video we took about an hour ago, you can see the conditions you are dealing with in your morning commute. now, it's not clear whether this will cause delays at oakland international or sfo, it's too early to tell. the fog did cause problems for travelers yesterday at sfo with delays of up to an hour and a half. this was between 8:00 and 3:00 yesterday afternoon. not clear if it's going to be repeating itself that way this

time around. >> it was cancelled -- not cancelled, but significantly delayed. and unfortunately we had a connecting flight. the only option we have now is to move to a flight tomorrow. >> reporter: the faa won't issue an advisory for sfo or oakland until 6:30 this morning. so if you are on the roads, remember to slow down, do not use your high beams, use your lope beams so you're not blinded by the wall of fog. and of course make sure your brake lights are working so no one is running into you from behind. with that being said, don't tailgate. reporting live here at the bay bridge toll plaza, bob redell, "today in the bay." a deadly weekend on california roadways claimed the lives of 27 people, six from the bay area. one of those deadly crashes happened saturday night on highway 50 near placerville when the driver of a prius swerved into the path of a minivan.

three members of a bay area family died in that prius. a 4-year-old placerville girl was killed in the minivan. five others were hurt in the crash with minor to serious injuries. investigators are looking into the cause. >> there is no information leading to any impairment of that driver. >> the cause might have been a deer. they're often seen in the area and drivers are forced to swerve around them. 5:34. investigators are trying to find the source of a carbon monoxide leak at that sickened 11 family members in san francisco. the family called 911 about 7:00 after a carbon monoxide detector went off inside their home on cortland avenue in bernal heights. utility crews could not find the source of the carbon monoxide in the home but medics determined everyone, including three toddlers, had high levels of carbon monoxide in their blood. fire officials say the carbon monoxide detector likely saved

their lives. >> carbon monoxide detectors are very important because it's odorless, you can't smell it. and you won't know it until you start getting signs like a headache or something like that, when you're already exposed to it. so it's very important to have one in your house. >> starting last year, state law requires any home with an attached garage to have co detectors. multi-unit buildings have until january 1st to comply. the city of san jose is stepping up the search for a new police chief in the midst of casey la escalating violence. dale january trujillo is where the first of several community meetings will be held to discuss the department's future. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the city is taking their search to the streets of san jose. the big question is will they promote somebody from within the ranks or will they go outside the at the to find a new leader. most people i've spoken about suggest that the city should go

outside the city. the department needs a strong leader who can juggle relations with city management and also keep the rank and file happy. that's what chris moore was unable to do. he escaped a vote of no confidence by his officers, who feel there is a leadership void at police headquarters. beat cops say they want a leader who will stand up to city hall when it comes to the difficult budget decisions and that's what's going to make the job of the new chief an interesting one. how can he or she balance the good of the city against the desire of his or her officers. two names that have surfaced as possible candidates are jerry dyer, the police chief in fresno. he retired last year, only to be lured back to the job by city leaders. but the city actually settled a lawsuit filed by his two deputy chiefs who claimed he used an inappropriate language against minorities. another is the sacramento police chief, rick braziel. he retires at the end of this year and also had to lay off 150

officers. braziel has said rumors that he was being forced out of sacramento are simply not true. now, tonight's meeting at the berryessa community center will last an hour and a half. that's followed by a meeting wednesday night at the camden community center and it ends december 10th at the southside community center. so some tough choices for the city of san jose. we're live at the berryessa community center. i'm damian trujillo, "today in the bay." meteorologist christina loren standing by with a look at all the fog out there. >> yeah, it's hard to see this morning. good morning to you. and temperatures are cold as well. fog is so thick that it's generating that steady mist and drizzle so in addition to the reduced visibility you've got click conditions. just one of those mornings you've got to give yourself plenty of time and stay alert on the roadways this morning. bad morning to blaze that bon jovi music. 47 degrees in napa and sonoma, 39 in santa rosa.

as we head throughout the morning hours, temperatures are going to be cold but we'll see the 60s. today looks like the warmest day in the extended period. we've got a lot of rain towards midweek so you want to make sure you're ready for that. winds are calm right now. when they do pick up they're going to be offshore again. we're not talking about that marine layer fog. this is the tule fog creeping in from the delta and spreading out all across the bay area. the thickest fog is in fairfield. you'll find really thick pockets in san mateo as well and up and down the peninsula. travel cautiously. even if you wake up in san jose and don't see any fog, once you hit the highway, you will likely encounter that. 65 degrees -- 66 in redwood city. you've got two dry days before this arrives on wednesday. we'll time out this next storm system. we've got another two storm systems to get through after the first one. lots of rain on the way, that's the moral of this story. be careful in the fog. mike is watching your drive for you. good morning. >> good morning, christina. folks, big warning christina gave you about the fog but i

want to show you what we're dealing with. this is palo alto. it's pretty much crystal clear view of university but north of here this is willow and you see that frog creeping down. it drifts across the freeway and dramatic changes. tougher to see, easier to see. the map shows you the area with the orange and there's patchy fog through palo alto. and also tough driving on 280. you might have slicker conditions where i've highlighted orange across the maps. highway 1, 280, 101 up the peninsula. a new accident originally reported between a motorcycle and a car. it sounds like this may be an abandoned motorcycle on the shoulder because they can't find anybody with injuries but we'll track that. other side of the bay, no escape there either. the san mateo bridge, what we can see of it, you see the taillights disappearing a few dozen yards away from us over the flat section. it's tough to see over that bridge yourself so lower your speeds, folks. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:40. teetering on the brink. we're closing in on that fiscal cliff. the new action on capitol hill

to keep us from careening over the edge in a live report. also a bay area hospital sues the los angeles dodgers. the landmark lawsuit that has one giants fan caught right in the middle.

5:42. it is back to work for congress as it tries to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. if a budget deal is not reached by the end of december, automatic tax increases and spending cuts will kick in. nbc bay area's danielle leigh is live on capitol hill this morning and joins us with the very latest. good morning, danielle. >> reporter: good morning. lawmakers will be resuming those negotiations today, still facing many of the same sticking points that have held up talks so far. the two big ones being on one hand tax increases, which republicans have resisted, and on the other, cuts to programs like social security and medicare, which democrats have resisted. but the good news is that after

this thanksgiving weekend, we are seeing and hearing signs of a compromise. >> i am willing to generate revenue. it's fair to ask my party to put revenue on the table. >> from my side of the table, bring entitlement reform into the conversations. >> reporter: now, both lawmakers on either side, republicans, democrats, they are confident that they will get a deal before the deal is out. some say even before christmas. if a deal is not reached, we are looking at more than half a trillion dollars in tax increases and also about $100 billion in spending cuts. that will impact americans. just this morning, the white house released a new report estimating what that impact will be on the economy and the economic recovery. it's estimating that if we go over the fiscal cliff next year, shoppers, consumers will spend about $200 billion less. reporting live in washington, i'm dan yielle leigh, back to y. new this morning, east palo alto police are searching for an

armed suspect who shot a man sitting inside a car. shot spotter pinpointed the gunfire on addison avenue just off 101. the 49-year-old victim was shot multiple times about 8:00 last night. police have not updated his condition. investigators believe one or more suspects who were on foot walked up to the victim and attacked him. the trial for a teenager accused of shooting a 3-month-old baby in east palo alto last year is set to begin this morning. prosecutors say 18-year-old fabian fired on a mother and father leaving a baby shower in june of last year. a bullet hit the baby boy, isaac jimenez, killing him. the mother was also hit as she tried to shield her other child who was in the back seat of their car. police say he mistook the family for rival gang members. he is charged with murder and attempted murder. the vallejo teenager accused of kidnapping and sexually

assaulting a 65-year-old woman is due in court today. 14-year-old caviar king west nile be tried as an adult. he kidnapped and carjacked a woman at a shopping center and assaulted her before leaving her bound and gagged by the side of the road. the hospital that treated bryan stow for months after he was brutally beaten outside dodgers stadium last year wants the dodgers to pay up. san francisco general hospital suing the dodgers for more than $1 million in reimbursement for the brain trauma care provided to stow. the hospital lawsuit comes after stow's family filed their own suit against the team and its former owner in u.s. bankruptcy court. the case could set a new precedent for whether sports teams can be held accountable for third-party actions at their events. with thanksgiving weekend officially over, the bay area is ready for christmas. the weekend was killed with loeg tree lightings, including this one right here.

this was in san francisco. our own christina loren lighting the tree at ghirardelli square on friday night. your date was santa. >> not bad at all. loading up on some chocolate i hope too. >> a lot of man to love that, santa claus. big and beautiful i like to call him. you know what, it's going to be really nice for the second half of the day for hanging any sort of ornaments, hanging those christmas lights because rain and a lot of it on the way was we get into the middle of the week. you get two dry days to start and then the rain comes in wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, even the first part of sunday. i hate to say it but yeah. we need the rain, so it's not such a bad thing. taking a look at what we don't need, reduced visibility just in time for your morning commute. we want to make sure you're aware of this. we have really thick pockets of fog out there from san mateo to santa rosa. we've got a really dangerous drive shaping up with pockets where you can't even see for 50 feet. so you really want to take it easy out there. travel cautiously in addition to

the reduced visibility. you might have to use your windshield wipers, but the rain holds off, at least for now. we stop the clock on your futurecast at 8:00 a.m. look at this, all of the central valley still socked in with fog. by 9:00 p.m. that fog rolls right back in. we'll see a nice break between 1:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. but the fog comes back for tomorrow morning's drive as well. it won't be quite as thick tomorrow but we'll still be talking about slow commutes because of the fog as we head throughout your tuesday morning. wednesday morning, look what you get to drive to work with. we've got a lot of rain. the system is coming up from the south so you see all the orange and yellow. that's heavy moderate rainfall as we wake up wednesday morning. those showers will continue until 4:00 p.m. wednesday, start to lighten up a little bit and then we've got another two systems right on the heels of the first one. we'll take you through the forecast coming up. just keep in mind, it is foggy out there to start. and it's going to get worse before it gets better. we're expecting the fog to be

the most widespread between about 7:00 and 9:00 this morning. you want to keep that in mind. the man who's all over it, our own mike inouye. good morning to you. >> good morning, christina. good morning, folks. look at this view of san jose. here's 101. so here's that first burst we always talk about. over here, this is 680, 280 crossing over 101. you see the silhouette. you see in the background the light bouncing off of those low clouds. so low clouds are around but fog not so much of an issue for the south bay. where i highlight orange on the maps, that's where we're talking about the fog coming down and potentially making wet roadways and also being an issue as far as visibility goes. it's coming down off of the peninsula and creeping down into mountain view and sunnyvale. if you're heading north through san jose, no major problems, just a little slowing north of 680 as is typical of 101. a live look at fremont. a very crystal clear view of 880 itself. the nimitz through this area is just fine.

a smooth drive also through the tri-valley. a quick look at the maps again and we're talking about the north bay with fog advisories. that's windshield wipers as they wipe across because mist and drizzle likely through fairfield and coming down through american canyon and across the benicia bridge as well as the rest of the north bay. a quick look at the bay bridge because it's tough to see but you do have a backup in those cash lanes, guys. back to you. it is 5:49. looks like the niners still in the middle of a quarterback controversy. colin kaepernick helped the niners beat the saints last night 31-21. it was his second straight win as that starting quarterback. but after the game, coach jim harbaugh would not say if kaepernick or alex smith would start next sunday's game in st. louis. instead, he said his staff would look at the game tape and then decide. to college football now where san jose state is now ranked 25th in the bcs standings. it is the spartans first-ever appearance on the list since the bcs rankings began in 1998.

this is also the team's first national ranking since 1990. san jose state is 10-2 after beating louisiana tech on saturday. meanwhile, the stanford cardinal are gearing up for the pac-12 championship. it is a rematch of saturday's game against ucla. the cardinal won that one 35-17. the pac-12 championship is friday night at 5:00 at stanford. 5:50 in the morning right now. coming up, a lot more ahead. including details of this plane crash from a couple in northern california. how they miraculously walked away from it. and we'll have the latest on cyber monday deals as well all ahead in business news. ♪

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welcome back, everyone. it is 5:53. the ntsb looking into the cause of a plane crash that started in novato and ended in southern california. miraculously the couple in the plane made it out with minor injuries. take a look at the damage left behind. the husband was flying the plane from novato to the john wayne airport in orange county when the plane lost power over the san fernando valley. it tore through a fence, flipped over and came to a stop on a sidewalk near cal state north ridge soccer field. two roommates on their way to church stopped to help. >> we saw fuel coming out, we saw flames, so we were a little hesitant, but as soon as we saw no flames, ran in. >> the couple taken to the hospital, treated for minor injuries. the cause of that crash is under investigation. your true love will have to pay a lot more for the 12 days of christmas this year. the annual christmas price index from pnc wealth management found

that if you buy every item mentioned in the 12 days of christmas, it will cost you more than $107,000. that's up 6.1% from last year. prices have gone up for the seven swans, six geese and five golden rings. the partridge is the cheapest item at just $15. swans are the most expensive at $1,000 apiece. well, online retailers slashing prices trying to get you to buy on this cyber monday. scott mcgrew has been surfing some of the deals. >> good morning to you, marla. one of the biggest sellers we're seeing are televisions. this was supposed to be the year of the tablet, but you can get a 55-inch television half price. that's going to tracka tra a that's going to tracka trattracf attention. fisher-price, if you have a lot of kids, offering deals half off in certain cases. all of this part of cyber

monday. i saw a tv commercial from walmart trying to rename it cyber week. 2010 holiday season saw the first billion dollar cyber monday ever, but that term is becoming more and more old-fashioned. more people realizing you don't have to go through this in a store anymore. in fact one of the store's biggest problems is people showing up to look at merchandise and then buying from amazon on their iphone right there in the aisle. wall street back to work, markets closed thursday and open half day friday. hewlett-packard gaining 4% after a really terrible week. investors will be watching those retail sales today as the numbers come in from the weekend. the national retail federation says the average shopper spent $423 over the long weekend from thursday night through sunday. that is a lot of money. >> mm-hmm, adds up quickly. thank you. >> especially if you have triplets. thanks, scott. a couple of nfl cheerleaders are doing all they can for a good cause.

during yesterday's indianapolis colts game, two cheerleaders, here they are, they saved off their hair in support of head coach chuck pagano. pagano has been on medical leave battling leukemia. the cheerleaders had promised to cut off their locks if fans raised $10,000 by game time. talk about some team spirit. >> dedicated there. it's 5:56. still ahead, an overnight crash on a major freeway in the south bay. plus the fog that is causing big problems for your morning commute. continuing coverage next. ♪

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a dangerous drive. a 4-year-old girl among the dead as a family outing turns tragic. plus change of command. a search for a successor in san jose as the city's top cop steps down, only we have the names of

two people who want the job just ahead. and thick fog making for dangerous driving conditions as you head back to work this morning. we'll show you where it's the thickest, when it will clear and we've got a lot of rain to talk about midweek. and despite the tough visibility, you can clearly see the backup at the toll plaza. we'll show you some other suspect spots like the tri-valley coming up. what about the south bay? a live look outside overlooking san jose. cyber monday as well, november 26th. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you, and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. this morning we are keeping our eye on that weather as the fog rolls in across the bay area. take a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. some dense fog might slow down your morning commute today and possibly some flights as well.